numan Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Transform node has translate, rotate and scale parameters and UI handles/manipulators for translate and rotate but not scale. Why is that? Am I missing something basic here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symek Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Shortcuts for handles: T - transform R - rotate E - Scale Y - circle over all of above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangi Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hey ..... just incase you can´t remember those Hot Keys "Szymon" Says.... Cheers Mangi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numan Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 8 hours ago, symek said: Shortcuts for handles: T - transform R - rotate E - Scale Y - circle over all of above I am aware of that but this is not what I am asking. I am asking why the Transform node as UI handles for translate and rotate parameters but not for scale parameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numan Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, mangi said: Hey ..... just incase you can´t remember those Hot Keys "Szymon" Says.... Cheers Mangi That is not what I am asking at all. Let me rephrase so there is no confusion: 1) Transform node has (among others) 3 parameters/channels: Translate, Rotate and Scale 2) The corresponding handle for the transform node (Enter - show handles) has manipulators for translate and rotating but not for scaling. This raises the obvious question why there is no scale manipulator for this node. Edited February 18, 2019 by numan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpe Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 there is a scale manipulator. you just have to press E key. that's the way it is. don't ask me why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numan Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 5:30 AM, davpe said: there is a scale manipulator. you just have to press E key. that's the way it is. don't ask me why. Another thing I found weird is that hitting E when you are not in transform node creates an Edit node. As a new user this is confusing. I am sure I will get used to it but it seems quirky and inconsistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpe Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 well yeah, it creates Edit node because by hitting E you telling it you wanna edit the geometry on per-point basis. edit node is where your direct modeling actions are stored. but if you've got a Transform node selected, it assumes you want to use that transform rather than to manipulate points (which makes sense i guess). once you get used to it everything will start making a perfect sense when i was starting out i thought i will go to some other app for modeling things, but now I actually much prefer houdini way as it offers some hugely efficient workflows (not for modeling characters and that kind of things thou) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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